Wheel puller



April 21, 1925. 1,534,350

L. L BASSETT WHEEL FULLER Original Filed May 17. 1923 @Roa/nego 55ms/nba K j Patented Apr. 2.1, 1925.

UNITED STATES` PATENT or Fics. j

i `LMEOIN'APvlD L. BASSETT," OF SIOUX'FLLS., SOUTH DAKOIIAV WHEELrunnen.

y Application and Mayi?, 192s, seria-1 meenam. Renewed `January 12s,i925.

Be it lrnown that I, LEONARD L. Bas'sn'rr,

acitizen of the United States, `residing at e j sioux Falls, in thecounty of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have `invented cer-`tainnew and useful Improvements in. Vheel Fullers; and .l do declare`the following to `be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, suoli as will enable others skilled in. the` art to which itappertains,` to .make

and use the same.

Myinvention relates to improvements in tools "for `pulling gear wheelsand other wheelsfrom shafts and it is thelprincipal object of` thisinvention to provide a tool of this character in which the pull hooksmay be adjusted` with respect tothe cross arm of the tool, to a greatnumber of positions, thus adapting the device for use in 2O connectionwith gear wheels and the like of numerous sizes,`novel provisionbeingmade for holding the cross arm and pull hooks in their relativelyadjusted positions.

A `further object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement ofadjustable braces for the pull hooks, which will p-revent accidentalslippage thereof from the work. j

l/Vith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying j drawings.

screw 2 or other shaft-engaging thrust device. Each end portion ofthecross arm 1 is formedwith a longitudinal slot 3 which preferably extendsfrom the end of the arm to a point adjacent the thrust device 2. A pairof pull hooks l pass through the slots `3 and are located in a planecommon to the j axis of the thrust device 2, the shanlrsof the hooks lbeing formed with longitudinally spaced openings 5 for registration withany of a plurality of transverse openings 6 with which the cross arm 1is provided. Pins 7 .are insertable through the registering openingstopivotallyconnect the hooks 4 with i 34e-st the cross head 1 and by novelmeans de" scribed below, these pins `are held removably in place. c

.Longitudinally adjustable diagonal braces 8 ,are provided between thehooks l andthe cross arm 1, said` braces `being suitably pivoted to thehoolrs asy indicated at 9 by means of appropriate removable pins which iare necessarily removed when adjustingthe hookslongitudinally said pinsSbeing insertable through anyof the openings. The

ends of thebraces 8 remote from the `pinsQ,

are formed with openings 10 for registration with any of the openings 6,as occasion may require, and headed pins .11 are insertable through theregistering openings asshown.

The `braces 8 are `preferably in the forni of turnbuclrles, consistingof three screwthreaded sections as shown and it will be `seen that whentheyare longitudinally adjusted to the proper extent, they will hold thehooks 4; engaged with diametrically opposite portions of a wheel or thelilre,y whether the hoolrs be in thel position shown in Fig. 1 or bereversed as illustrated in Fig.

3. The portions of the hooks t adjacent their bills 12, are preferablybeveled as indicated at 13, in order that `they maybe readily receivedbetween gearfteeth.

For the purpose of holding the pins 7 and 11 in place and permittingremoval thereof whenever desired,` I provide a pair of reaining arms 14ewhich are pivoted at 15 to the intermediate portion of the cross arm 1,the pivotal axes being parallel `with the axes of the openings 6. Thesearms are preferably formed of spring metal and they normally abut theheads of the pins 7 and 11 to hold the latter in place, as will be clearfrom `the drawings. However, the arms may be swung to an inoperativeposition as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus permitting thepins to be removed when making any desired adjustment of the tool.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,it `will be seen that an extremely simple and ineX`` pensive tool hasbeen provided which will have an exceptionally wide range of adjustmentand will be highly eliicient and reliable. i

Excellentresults have been obtained from the details disclosed and thesedetails are i therefore preferably followed. However, within the scopeof the invention as claimed, numerous changes may be made.

I claim:

l. A Wheel puller comprising a cross arm having a central shaft engagingthrust device, a pair of pull hooks pivoted to the end ortions of saidcross arin and longitudinaly and laterally adjustable thereon and braceshaving a pivotal and adjustable connection at one end With said crossarm and at their opposite ends with said pull hooks, said braces beingformed in adjustably connected sections.

2. A Wheel puller comprising a cross arin having` a centralshaft-engaging thrust device, and provided with spaced openings in itsend portions, pull hooks having openings to register with any of theaforesaid openings, pins insertible through the registering openings andhaving heads to limit their insertion, and a pair of retaining'arinspivoted to said cross arlns and movable into Contact with the heads ofsaid pins to prevent accidental removal thereof, said retaining armsbeing sufficiently long to extend over all of the openings of the crossarni to engage the pins regardless ot the openings in which they arelocated.

8. A structure as specilied in'claini 2, to-

gether with oblique braces for said hooks having openings to registerwith certain ot the openings of said cross arm, and additional headedpins for passage through these registering openings, said additionalpins also being held by said retaining arms.

4. A Wheel puller comprising a cross ai'in having a longitudinal slot incach end and a .plurality of' longitudinallyr .spaced openingstransverse to said slots, the center ot said cross arnn being providedWith a shaft engaging thrust device, a pair of pull hooks havingportions received Inovably in said slots, longitudinally adjustablebraces it'or said hooks having portions received niovablj' in saidslots, said hooks and braces having openings for registration withcertain openings of said cross arm, headed pins for passage through theregistering openings, and a pair of retaining arms pivoted to said crossarm and movable into abutting relation with the heads of said pins toretain the latter in place. j

In testimony whereof I have hereunto ailixed iny signature.

LEONARD L. BASSE' `T.

